[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 213 (Monday, November 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59381-59383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24005]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-20-0995; Docket No. CDC-2019-0097]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or
continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed
information collection project titled National Network of Sexually
Transmitted Diseases Clinical Prevention Training Centers.'' The
purpose of the collection is to support program management of the
National Network of Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinical Prevention
Training Center (NNPTC) and to evaluate the reach and impact of the
NNPTC's training activities.
DATES: CDC must receive written comments on or before January 3, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2019-
0097 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. CDC will post, without change, all relevant comments
to Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments through the Federal eRulemaking
portal (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a
proposed data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
National Network of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical
Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC): Evaluation (OMB Control No. 0920-
0995, Exp. 05/31/2020)--Extension--National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral
Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of
STD Prevention requests an extension and three-year approval of the
currently approved information collection request that comprises the
NNPTC Abbreviated Health Professional Application for Training (NNPTC
Abbreviated HPAT). This extension will allow the NNPTC Abbreviated HPAT
to continue to serve as the official training application form used for
training activities conducted by the Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)
Prevention Training Centers' (PTCs) grantees funded by the (CDC).
The PTCs are funded by CDC/Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP) to
provide training and capacity-building that includes information,
training, technical assistance and technology transfer. PTCs offer
classroom and experiential training, web-based training, clinical
consultation, and capacity building assistance to maintain and enhance
the capacity of health care professionals to control and prevent STDs
and HIV. The NNPTC Abbreviated HPAT is used to monitor and evaluate
performance and reach of grantees that offer STD and HIV prevention
training, training assistance, and capacity building assistance to
physicians, nurses, disease intervention specialists, and health
educators. During the previously approved three-year period, data was
collected to monitor and evaluate the performance of the NNPTC grantees
and the NNPTC program. This data provided the NNPTC with necessary
information to improve program processes and operations in order to
improve the quality of STD prevention and treatment.
The 4,500 respondents (who will engage in a total of 11,769
respondent instances) represent an average of the number of health
professionals trained by PTC grantees during 2015. The evaluation
instruments collect data on the impact of the training by the NNPTC.
This data collection is necessary to assess and evaluate the
performance of the grantees in delivering training and to standardize
training registration processes across the PTCs. The NNPTC Abbreviated
HPAT allows CDC grantees to use a single instrument when collecting
demographic data from its training and capacity building participants,
regarding their: (1) Occupations, professions, and functional roles;
(2) principal employment settings; (3) location of their work settings;
and (4) programmatic and population foci of their work. The NNPTC
Abbreviated HPAT takes approximately three minutes to complete. This
data collection provides CDC with information to determine whether the
training grantees are reaching their target audiences in terms of
provider type, the types of organizations in which participants work,
the focus of their work and the population groups and geographic areas
served.
The evaluation instruments are used to assess training and
capacity-building outcomes (knowledge, confidence, intention to use
information, actual changes made as a result of training) immediately
after, and again 90 days after training events. The evaluation
instruments vary based on the type of training offered and take between
approximately 16 minutes (for intensive multi-day trainings) to two
minutes to complete (for short didactic or webinar sessions).
The CDC's Funding Opportunity Announcement PS 14-1407, National
Network of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical Prevention Training
Centers (NNPTC) requires the collection of national demographic
information on grantees' trainees and national evaluation outcomes.
There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The estimated
annualized burden hours for this data collection are 502 hours.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number Average burden
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per per response Total burden
respondents respondent (in hours) hours
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Healthcare Professionals....................... NNPTC Abbreviated Health Professional 4,500 1 3/60 225
Application for Training (HPAT).
Healthcare Professionals....................... Intensive Complete Post-Course 116 1 16/60 31
Evaluation.
Intensive CompleteLong-TermEvaluation.. 36 1 10/60 6
Healthcare Professionals....................... Intensive-DidacticPost-CourseEvaluation 166 1 10/60 28
Intensive-DidacticLong-TermEvaluation.. 58 1 7/60 7
Healthcare Professionals....................... PracticumPost-CourseEvaluation......... 70 1 4/60 5
PracticumLong-TermEvaluation........... 20 1 3/60 1
Healthcare Professionals....................... Wet MountPost-CourseEvaluation......... 40 1 3/60 2
Wet MountLong-TermEvaluation........... 15 1 2/60 1
Healthcare Professionals....................... STD Tx Guidelines Complete Post- 548 1 6/60 55
CourseEvaluation.
STD Tx Guidelines Complete Long- 180 1 5/60 15
TermEvaluation.
Healthcare Professionals....................... Short GuidelinesPost-CourseEvaluation.. 500 1 3/60 25
Short GuidelinesLong-Term Evaluation... 160 1 3/60 8
Healthcare Professionals....................... BasicPost-CourseEvaluation............. 150 1 2/60 5
BasicLong-Term Evaluation.............. 50 1 2/60 2
Healthcare Professionals....................... Immediate Post-Course email invitation. 4,500 1 1/60 75
Healthcare Professionals....................... 3 Month Long-Term email invitation..... 660 1 1/60 11
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Total...................................... ....................................... .............. .............. .............. 502
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
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